with me is cnn's meteorologist derek van dam.ake us through where it's forecast to hit and how bad it's likely to be. >> what we've got only a couple moments, literally minutes before the most powerful part of this storm makes landfall in central lausanne. here is my concerns, residents of the philippines on saturday evening, remember, right now it's currently in the afternoon late afternoon/early evening hours across the philippines. they went to bed saturday night thinking they had a manage i believe tropical storm on their hands, they woke up sunday morning and saw they were staring down the eye of monster. this storm literally rapidly intensified using the wording from the joint typhoon warning center, extreme rapid intensification. in 12 hours, get this, 150 kilometer per hour intensification. incredible amount of strength and organization in a short period of time and i believe that's going to be a disadvantage for the residents of central lausanne because they are caught off guard, no governmentel agency can act that quick

let's bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam. people battening the hatches there.they expect? >> so i'm going to talk about fiona in just a minute. but we have to touch on this earthquake that just occurred in southeastern portions of taiwan. the u.s. geological survey reassessing the magnitude or the intensity of this particular earthquake. it was originally 7.2. now it has been downgraded to a 6.9. still a formidable earthquake. regarding the tsunami threat that has been issued, the usga saying this, that potential tsunami waves possible along coastlines located within a 300-kilometer radius of the epicenter of this earthquake. and there was actually by the japan meteorological agency a tsunami warning for miyaku island in the east china sea following this quake. the earthquake occurred 2:44 local time sunday afternoon across a sparsely populated area of southeastern taiwan. i want to talk about the depth of this. it was at about 10 kilometers below the surface. so that is a very shallow earthquake, which means there's just not a lot of ground to absorb the shaki

with me again is cnn meteorologist derek van dam. k, florida here in the crosshairs, potentially, what are we expecting? >> yeah, anywhere from key west, miami-dade, tampa, ft. myers. those areas all are under a cone of uncertainty or projected path. and you have to have your hurricane preparedness kits prepared ahead of time in advance of the arrival ian which is forecast to be a major hurricane. this is the latest, 45-mile-per-hour sustained winds. a cluster of showers and storms over the central caribbean sea, just south of kingston, jamaica. they do have tropical storm watches for jamaica. we have hurricane watches across the cayman islands, and we will likely see advisories and watches posted across western portions of cuba because here as promised is the projected path. this is the latest information we can pass along from the 5:00 a.m. national hurricane center update. look at the intensifying and strengthening storm as it takes advantage of the environmental conditions conducive to development over this portion of the caribbea

appreciate it. >>> for more on this i want to bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam.en following this and the other extreme weather events on our radar. >> just listening to what will was talking about, an earthquake that he felt last night, that was actually considered a foreshock to what was now the main original shock, earthquake, that took place just moments ago, the magnitude 6.9. last night's earthquake that he experienced in his hotel room it seems about 6.5, about 12 hours ago. we're starting to get these first images coming in from southeastern taiwan where the earthquake took place. you can see this building collapsing in on itself, obviously some very distressed individuals just outside of the building, we don't know if there were people inside that building, but obviously they're going to do their search and rescue operations. this is the latest information we have that death that will was talking about, 10 kilometers deep a shallow earthquake. this graphic behind me shows why that's important because a more shallow earthquake doesn't have the ground to re

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derek van dam is on the streets. what's it like there, derek?er: yeah, wolf, it was like this storm was a spinning top on its final approach to the florida peninsula. it spun up, it really started to strengthen near the center. it rapidly intensified and then it pushed its way inland and brought the most intense winds at its peak point and that was the worst-case scenario that we had all feared. the national hurricane center fearing the same thing using the words like catastrophic in the lead-up the to storm and now we are starting to realize those words are coming if you think about a hurricane of this magnitude, you got a tornado, right? those things are 500 yards wide, and their winds are over 110, 111 miles per hour. that would make it an ef3. a hurricane of this magnitude has winds that stretch over 80 miles in diameter, hurricane-force winds. so we literally have an ef2 or an ef3 moving through a large portion slowly crawling through the southwestern florida peninsula as that spinning top that i talked about a moment ago starts to unwind i

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let's bring in derek van dam. obviously a huge storm. what more are we expecting?torm is massive. and we're reaching peak wind gusts and largest waves which i'll get to. but i was astounded when i found this image, this is a satellite image of the storm. going to broaden it out so you can see where alaska is. visible satellite means that you are seeing the clouds from space as it stands when the sunsets. it took three hours for the sun to set, the entire distance of the storm. incredible. it is really howling right now across the area. and this has the potential to be one of the most powerful storms to impact alaska in the past decade and some of the worst coastal flooding as well in nearly 50 years. and in fact a buoy has already recorded a wave height of over 50 feet and there is also reporre reports of hurricane gusts. and this is continuing to move northward rapidly, but it deepened as it reached the bering sea, the strait that separates russia from the state of alaska. and you can see the flood warnings in place. the national weather service talking about how

let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam. you've been tracking this. what exactly is heading their way? >> a behemoth of a storm. this is impressive. i want you to see it on the side of the tv screen here. all those tightly packed yellow lines or white lines. those are called isobars and it shows you the strength and depth of how impressive that area is. we have the strongest storm in over a decade according to the national weather service. it's potentially going to bring the worst coastal flooding in nearly 50 years rivaling some storms of a lot of residents that live in alaska remember from november of 2011. a benchmark storm that rolled in. satellite storm looking impressive. moving across the outer parts of the aleutian islands. we have a potential for hurricane force winds along the west coast of alaska. right near the bering sea. the 50 mile stretch, the narrow gap of water the bering sea will have impressive winds, strong winds and large waves associated with the system as it moves through. kim, an impressive storm. as you rightly said, the remn

. >> for a look at the artemis i forecast, i'm joined by meteorologist derek van dam. k, the weather to crucial to the launch. 60% chance. things still looking good? >> there are literally a group of meet teorologists looking in the finer details because the weather is such a critical role. just as you said, kim, we have a 60% probability of favorable weather conditions at launch time, which is 2:17 this afternoon. but it actually increases those odds to 80% towards the second half of the launch window which is closer towards 4:17 in the afternoon as they believe that the weather conditions should improve through the course of that two-hour window. we'll see. wait and see, right? the next possible window would be monday september 5th, edging closer and closer to the peak of the atlantic hurricane season. not what we want. you can see a few popup showers and thunderstorms. what the meteorologists believe strong enough of an easterly wind to push the storms inland wards the central parts of florida peninsula. what they don't want to see is these weather violations known a

. >> let's bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam. we're waiting on the 5:00 a.m.ate from the national hurricane center on tropical storm eyan. what more can you tell us? >> i think the 5:00 a.m. is going to reveal a lot. what we know now is tropical storm ian is taking advantage of the favorable conditions, both in the ocean, the warm waters, and also the upper-level parts of the atmosphere. you're starting to see spiral banding on the cluster of thunderstorms. this is a satellite image showing that it's getting more strengthened, more organized. 50-mile-per-hour storm at the moment. again that 5:00 a.m. update will reveal so much, including where that center of circulation is. i'll explain why that's important in just a minute. they've dropped the tropical storm watch for jamaica, good news. hurricane warning for the cayman islands. hurricane watch for western cuba as well. hurricane hunters have been flying in and around the storm for the past several hours, trying to gather some vital information that meteorologists use to project the path, the forecast path of

derek van dam joins us, now. what kind of temperatures are we talking about?10, 20, even 25 degrees above average. the state of california's largest energy supplier is urging its residents to not charge their lexical vehicles from 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. i find it interesting considering that a few days ago, the state of california has banned the sale of gasoline powered vehicles by 2035. let's talk about the heat. look at this, records broken in anaheim. 106, beating his record set back in 2020. we have over 40 million americans under heat alert. much of that encompasses the state of california. about 20 of the most populated cities over the western u.s. -- inputting the los angeles area, just outside of san francisco. some of the areas you anticipate. the cooler weather to the quote coast, we may not experience the release and relief you would expect to get, near the ocean. 160 potential records broken over the next weeks or so. incredible amounts of heat, a large heat don't start to build over the region. it is not going anywhere. we know that this type of heat c

. >>> all right, let's bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam. derek, i imagine the heat wave is breaking all kinds of records. >> it is. it is setting all time records for the month of september as well, which is saying something and puts it in the context of how extraordinary this heat wave is. here is a few samples of what we had just in the past 24 hours. look at salt lake city, 103. previous record, 98 grdegrees. the thing that is interesting about salt lake city, we broke the september record, all time record high temperature just yesterday. but it was previously set the day before at 102 degrees. you can tell this is a long-standing heat wave and people are contending with temperatures they haven't seen in a long time. we have the potential to experience over 155 record high temperatures from today, right through thursday of this week. that's why the national weather service has hoisted these ongoing heat alerts and they include many of the metropolitans from san francisco to los angeles. heat advisories, heat -- extreme heat warnings in pl

derek van dam, is the east coast really getting the worst of fiona right now? >> eastern nova skcotia into western newfoundland. these are feeling the full fury of fiona. this storm has already clocked in winds along the coast of nova scotia over 95 miles per hour, 152 kilometers per hour, and the wind field continues to expand as it races northward. you can see just how large the satellite imagery is this with storm. hurricane-force winds extend 185 miles from the center of the low pressure. that's actually located along the coast of nova scotia. tropical storm force winds which has the possibility of bringing damage, extends over 345 miles. these are the forecast wind gusts impacting this area. bottom line, what you need to know, it is dangerous across this region, and we've already knocked out over 360,000 customers without power, plunging people into total darkness across nova scotia as we speak. hurricane warnings continue for these locations. radar very active across halifax where we anticipate heavy rainfall. but the forward motion, the momentum from thi

cnn's derek van dam is in fort myers for us. derek, tell us what kind of damage you're seeing. >> reporter: yeah, jake. you know, i can echo that. we have our teams as we arrived in fort myers today, we witnessed widespread catastrophic destruction. some of the roads were impossible to pass through because of the flooded streets and neighborhoods that we saw. what you're looking at behind me is the power of mother nature, the power of the storm surge that just rattled this particular location at the fort myers yacht basin. just incredible to see how these yachts were lifted up. but aside from the financial implications of this, it shows the full force of what storm surge can actually do. and i think this is important for you to see it from the air because it actually took some of the docks in this particular yacht basin and brought them into downtown fort myers. and that just shows you that the water was actually pushed that far inland. we've all seen those visuals as well. you can see some boats that have been positioned between

. >>> cnn's meteorologist derek van dam, as we're seeing that heat is helping to fuel new wildfires.hat can you tell us? >> first of all, that imagery you saw there just a moment ago, incredible to see. it really is a product of the heat that is baking the western u.s. right now you're looking at visible satellite imagery. through the daylight yesterday, some of the smoke from the mill fire erupting into the upper levels of the atmosphere, degrading the quality of the air, northern california and neighboring states, as smoke from the wildfires drifts north and northeast. here's the latest. 5% containment with that mountain fire. the mill fire at 25% containment. they have had some progress on combating that fire, but still not enough. that fire continues to expand. we have a red flag warning in place for many locations across central oregon, northern california, parts of colorado, idaho, as well as montana. that continues with our chance of fire today. we have elevated fire conditions with very dry air and the gusty winds and the extreme heat continuing. speaking of heat, still anoth

so let's bring in cnn meteorologist derek van dam. obviously weather playing a huge role in this artemis mission. what's the latest? >> in fact, that 60% is actually going to increase to an 80% likelihood of liftoff without impeding from the weather as that two-hour window succeeds through the course of the day. that's good news, because the next possible wind monday 5th, labor day. edging closer and closer or further and further into the peak of the hurricane season, right? this is on the east coast of the florida peninsula. an area susceptible to tropical storms, of course. but of course the meteorologist locking for every potential weather hazard on launch day, being this morning or this afternoon, i should say. and they have highlighted the two potential violations today, which would be lightning, which they're not allowing liftoff to take place if there is a lightning strike within 30 minutes of launch and within ten nautical miles of cape canaveral. the cumulus clouds, we don't want to see any conumulonimbus clouds that could in

cnn meteorologist, derek van dam from braden, florida. >> our thanks to derek and his team there. even veteran hurricane watchche like derek continued to tell us, they had never seen a storm like hurricane ian. >>> coming up, we will take you to thehe storm slamming into another part of floridida. stay with us. mornin oh, eat. there's two of them. good days start th good nights. so i would ask your doctor about both. calling doctor johannes. no, please, i can do that. all right? zyrteeeec works hard at hour one and twice as hard when you take it again the next day. so betty can be the barcode beat conductor. ♪ go betty! let's be more than our allergies! zeize the day. zyrtec. >>> all right. 3:20 in the morning. daytona beach. almost over with. that's the eastern coast of florida. hurricane ian continues to unleash its wrath. yes, the winds still look quiet bracing there. the storm, not done with florida yet. the mayor of naples, florida, urging everyone to stay indoors, after several people had to be rescued in floodwaters. the local sheriff says, at least 30 rescue missions were

derek van dam, the 5 a.m. update is in. what's the latest? >> here's the latest on fiona.ong waves to the eastern seaboard in our country, the u.s. because of its sheer proximity to the u.s. it is going to be pushed away from the eastern seaboard of the country. as we look into the canadian maritimes, that's a whole nother story. fiona lashing bermuda with strong hurricane force winds. this is now a category 3 atlantic hurricane equivalent. it was a 4 overnight. it has changed so some weakening. there's a lot of momentum. a lot of upper level dynamics here. that means it will impact bermuda. we have hurricane warnings in and storm surge and hurricane force winds likely. the other big storm is the latest edition. tropical depression 9 forming across the central caribbean. potentially impacting jamaica and into western cuba by early monday and into tuesday and wednesday a potential impact into the southern florida peninsula. what's new overnight is that the consensus, the various computer models that we look at as meteorologists have all honed in on southern florida. so we'r

. >> let's bring in meteorologist derek van dam. and as we saw there, canada's east coast really getting the worst of fiona. >> right now is the worst of the fiona fury. in fact just moments ago, the canadian hurricane center just tweeted even though this still needs to be verified that fiona is making landfall as we speak. and there is an unofficial barometric pressure reading of 936 millibars over eastern nova scotia that would put it at the lowest land falling cyclone to reach canada ever. that really puts the storm into context. some of the strongest wind gusts so far, over 150 kilometers per hour across eastern nova scotia as the storm continues to make landfall as we speak. it is an impressive very large storm system with the center of the storm, or, rather, the hurricane-force winds extending over 185 miles from the center. tropical storm force winds extend even further than that. so the potential for widespread key instruction is th destruction is there. we've seen this in the social media posts. this storm is racing northwa

let's derek van dam. sounds like a very powerful storm. what folks can expect. >> not only powerful but gigantic. if you are looking at the satellite imagery, it took three hours for the sun to fully set on the circumference of this storm. incredible. there is the remnants of the typhoon. as kim mentioned, this could end up being one of the more powerful systems to make its way across the bering sea strait within the past decade. and worst flooding within the past 50 years. a buoy has already recorded hurricane force wind gusts, that is in excess of 74 miles per hour, and a wave height in excess of 50 feet. it is dangerous and it is happening right now. this is the remnants of the typhoon as it became extratropical and then bummed out, went through the process of bomb b the 24 millibars and satellite looking very busy, look at the national weather service hosting the coastal flood warnings, and in fact the weather service warning that it will take about 10 to 14 hours for this water to recede just because of the true nature of this onshore

let's go to derek van dam in bradenton, florida, a little farther north. tell us about the conditions where you are. >> i can echo what bill was saying a moment ago about how the strong hurricane force gusts, they have been coming in waves. just by the pure nature of being in this downtown setting of bradenton, you get swirls that ricochet off of all of the buildings and literally it's difficult for my team and i to stand, including my cameraman. you will likely see that through the course of this live shot. we have had the opportunity to drive around. what we saw was flying debris, debris becoming aerial within downtown. we also say some of the transformers actually being blown behind us. that took out the communication. there's one of the -- every time those wind gusts come through, we get shrapnel, pieces of debris that wedge themselves in your mouth. they're like splinters when they hit your face. this storm is progressively, slowly edging closer and closer to us. we know that the eye wall, as it makes its way inland, will bring some of those outer --

let's bring in in derek van dam.massive. >> and a buoy in the bering strait recorded 50 foot high wave. and so this is a powerful storm. and it is so rare considering that it is september and they don't normally receive these types of storms until the middle of october. the worst coastal flooding possible as well. and so this particular storm we're paying attention to it, because we've already noticed an increase in some of the bays an inlets in the western facing shorelines of alaska starting to see that rise in water because of the onshore wind pushed around it. this is a fascinating image. you are looking at a visible satellite imagery of the actual storm taken just a few hours ago and it is so massive, so gigantic that it took three hours for the sun to set across the entire scircumference of th low pressure. and so here are the forecast wave heights. the orange and red, those are anywhere between 9 and 12 meters. so you times that by three, you are talking about 30 to 40-foot high swells, that measured by a buoy

let's bring in our meteorologist derek van dam to tell us more. >> reporter: this is so from the remnantsinal approach towards southern california. the ground here extremely dry leading up to the arrival of the tropical storm and now with this amount of rain in a 40 hour. there has been some localized flash flooding and that flood threat hasn't quite diminished. national weather service recognizing that. we have flood watches in effect for much of the interior valleys and mountains across southern california as well as southern nevada including las vegas. that extends to about 3 a.m. pacific daylight time roughly the next couple of hours more or less. you can see a few scattered showers in the current radar. nothing too heavy but as we get the daytime heating from the sun we will see we have an uptick in the precipitation and we could see some localized heavier pockets of rainfall ashley away from the coast. the threat of flooding is ongoing through this particular area but the good news out of this forecast is that we have actually seen some improvement on lake meade the water level so r

an derek van dam.mfortable week ahead. >> and not seeing any relief in sight and it is coinciding with loot of people's outdoor plans this extended holiday weekend. and that is when we expect the bulk of the heat to really peak, sunday into monday. that is when we'll see the heist of temperatures. so 45 million people under heat alerts. and you can see many of those include some of the major metropolitans of the west coast, including los angeles. and just get a load of some of the record high temperatures that were set yesterday. just incredible to see the triple digit heat that has been registered here as daily high temperatures, and then to take it one step further, we've had some all-time monthly record high temperatures that were set underneath this impressive extensive and long standing heat dome that continues to bake the western u.s. here is the temperatures in sacramento today, 106. you should be 91. and so we're running 15 to 20 degrees celsius above where we should be this time of year. more

derek van dam is in bradenton tonight. and, derek, what are you seeing there?w, erin, we're seeing now the city streets go dark, aside from some generated lights from generators. i'm fearful for people tonight in the central portions of the florida peninsula with what they're going to experience as we are plunged into darkness. i think over 1.5 million customers are now without power. and that number is going to continue to climb as these ferocious, dare i say, violent winds continue to just batter this area. i know the eye has moved inland, but it still feels like the storm is feeding off the warm waters of the gulf of mexico, giving it some energy. because the eye is east of us now. it should be relaxed in these winds, but it has been relentless. maybe it's the slow nature of this storm. think about what it did when upon its arrival, another rapid intensification at the worst time possible, spinning itself up like a top and then releasing its energy in the form of cat 4 winds over 150 miles per hour. just an incredible gruesome and grueling day for the people

joining us now with the latest on both these stories is meteorologist derek van dam. so records being shattered across the western u.s. and typhoon across east asia. >> yeah, let's start with the heatwave across the western u.s. because this is shattering records, over 155 records, potential high records possible from today right through the middle of this week. just incredible amounts of heat. take salt lake city for example, we have 40 million people under the heat alerts including much of southern and central california and even nevada and parts of utah as well. salt lake city had a record high temperature yesterday of 103 degrees. previous record in the month of september setting 102 was the day before that, so just incredible to see that we're experiencing day after day of monthly record high temperatures and daily record high temperatures in the same location. so that shows you just how expensive and long duration this heatwave actually is. triple digits across the board for many locations, bakersfield, sacramento, palm springs, vegas, salt lake city and of cour

and derek van dam is joining us live from atlanta. and how bad are these temperatures going to be? >> the temperatures are going to stay extremely hot for an extended period of time, so it will be a strenuous heatwave, long standing heatwave as well. so it will not only put the strain on the firefighting efforts that you saw there, but also on the electrical grid as well. pg&e is warning its customers to not charge their vehicles during peak electrical demand, 4:00 to 9:00 p.m. locally on the west coast. that is just incredible to think about what is happening there. and we've already broken records in some locations. anaheim, california being one of them. yesterday it was 106, breaking a record set a couple years ago. so what is to come? we have over 40 million americans under heat alerts as we speak. so these are heat advisories in the shade of orange from southern oregon, nevada, and that is an excessive heat warning from san francisco just outside of the bay area into the los angeles region. and it includes the coastal areas where you would anticipate at least the option to coo

let's get to derek van dam. how bad will it be?15 to 20 degrees above average and in the state of california, pg and e, largest utility provider for the state, urging its customers to avoid charging their electric vehicles. and this is just a few days aftercal -- california banned the sale of gasoline cars by the year 2035. and monthly high records for august in anaheim, mercury climbing to 106. and trust me, we will see more records broken today right you through the long holiday weekend. over 160 records potentially broken or tied. 40 million americans under heat alerts under the heat dome that continues to build. and if you are looking for relief along the coastline, you might not get it because temperatures there will be extremely warm. in fact the heat warnings extend all the way to the coastline of ventura county for instance. los angeles, temperatures will flirt with the 100 degree mark. sunday and monday will be your warmest days. it is not only l.a. that will see the excessive heat. you can see the triple digit temperature

d derek van dam is here with the latest. two questions.ast and am i right that august, we didn't see a major storm in august, that is really rare. >> your answers are no and yes. if that helps. it will not make landfall along the east coast of the u.s. this will remain fish food. and this particular storm is the first named storm since the beginning of july. so, yeah, we went the entire month of august without a named storm and we are waiting for that first atlantic hurricane to be named as well. so it wasn't the case with the 5:00 a.m. update, although danielle has strengthened to 70 miles per hour, remember a hurricane is officially at 74 miles per hour, so not quite there just yet. official forecast track and path and intensity from the national hurricane center has it edging up to a category 2 hurricane, but it will stay across the open atlantic, above average temperatures for that area. and speaking of above average, out west over 45 million americans under heat alerts through the extended holiday weekend. plan accordingly if you will

. >>> joining me again is cnn meteorologist derek van dam.m got really big really fast. >> yeah, kim, it is sunday evening local time in the philippines and when philippine residents went to bed on saturday night they thought they were anticipating a manageable tropical storm but when they spoke up sunday morning, they understood they were staring down the eye of monster. that is because this storm rapidly intensified within a 12-hour period. this is not a typo. it increased its wind speed by 150 kilometers per hour and in that six-hour time span it increased its winds by 110 kilometers per hour. incredible, extreme, rapid intensification, that was the terminology used by the joint typhoon warning center. new to you this morning eastern standard time sunday evening time local, it is currently making landfall across the polilo island off the coast of central luzon. 240 kilometer sustained winds, 150 miles per hour equivalent to a category 4 hurricane. look at that pin eyewall as it continues to move in a due westerly direction. that system is

i'm cnn meteorologist derek van dam from bradenton, florida. >> thank, you derek.unty, just south of the city of naples -- 12 foot storm. search right, now powers out from the 250,000 homes and businesses. a mandatory curfew has been in place for one or two hours now, since 10 pm local time, and will be left by 6 am. -- castro is a commissioner for -- county, he joins us now for on the line from marco island. commissioner, thank you for being with us. >> thanks for having me, john. it's been a day. and we've got a lot ahead. of us >> is their -- sense of damage especially caused by that storm surge? >> as italy, and this hurricane was all about storm surge. everybody was kind of focus on where the i was going to land. but as your previous meteorologist will tell you, a lot of people were reporting that whoever was just south of that i, sort of in that dirty part of the storm, was going to get some horrific storm surge. and we got every inch of it. you know, we lived through irma here in 2017. and a lot of storm surge was predicted. but at the last minute, that stor

let's go to derek van dam in bradenton a bit north of ft. myers. what are you seeing there?etely different than what we're experiencing here in bradenton. and that is important because the manatee river and the harboroff my left shoulder has seen a complete reduction of the water within the river area. so the normally water covered area is dry river bed as we speak. so the winds have driven out some of the water from the manatee river. so that gives you an indication of how powerful this storm actually is. an the city tweeted out that the waste water has the potential of overflowing, so they are asking residents to conserve water. what are we experiencing? hard to believe as hurricane ian edges closer and closer to our election, that winds here could nearly trip le if we get into te eyewall which is looking more likely. winds extend out 80 miles from the center of the storm. and that has the potential to push up so many water into the canals. every couple moments get some of most intense gusts of wind and would see the trees bend and the difficult sensation to be able to sta

with us but let's start with their van dam in clearwater, florida. derek, where and when it will make landfall, seems like a moving target. so, you're in the path of the hurricane, what you expect right now, when expect worse to? come >> yeah, unfortunately, john, all of the ingredients are coming together for the perfect storm here, really the worst-case scenario for so many locations across the southwestern peninsula of florida. we've got tampa, about 150 kilometers to my north. and also the fort myers region, about 200 kilometers to my south and west. and if it's anything like the national hurricanes, the acting director of the national hurricane center said to my colleague jennifer gray early this morning, that people need to stop looking at the internet and wish that the storm is going away. because it is not. it is on our doorstep, and it's gigantic. it's growing in size as it approaches the peninsula. it's an extremely dangerous category 3, and now a forecast category 4 upon arrival. what's made this storm particularly interesting is that the wind f